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KATE BASSETT
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Background
Kate
Bassett was born in London in 1980 and gained a First Class degree in
Fine Arts from the Cardiff School of Art and Design. She was awarded
Welsh Artist of the Year: Student award in 2006 and in the same year won
the Welsh Assembly Government Award which meant that her work was hung
in the Welsh First Ministers Office. Her work has featured in notable
collections in Wales and abroad.
Artist's Statement
My work examines the fun and reckless
working-class lifestyle and environment of the Ely council estate in
Cardiff where my family live. This has gradually expanded to embrace
other working-class areas that I have visited.
My art intends to show the out-of-control nature of the council estate lifestyle; situated on streets and within domestic interiors. These spaces are often filled with gatherings of people, dogs and abandoned vehicles; all of which are motifs in my work. I portray the careless, spontaneous and casual behaviour and attitudes of the people. The work is often melancholy yet humorous. I feel this is reinforced by my drawing style which gives a theatrical and dramatic sense of space.
Recently, the works of William Hogarth, Pieter Breughel, Jan Steen and L.S Lowry have informed me as they documented and sometimes parodied the environment in which they lived. I also try to record the situations I’ve witnessed in a critical yet sympathetic way. It is important for me to externalise experiences about my family as well as how I feel about Ely and other working-class areas.
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